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Report: Wolverhampton Wanderers have tabled £36 million for AS Monaco centre-back Benoit Badiashile; Manchester United also keen

According to L’Équipe (via GFFN), Wolverhampton Wanderers have tabled a £36 million bid for AS Monaco centre-back Benoit Badiashile, and are hoping to beat Manchester United to his signing. The Red Devils also have the 18-year-old on their radar as manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks to continue his summer rebuild by signing quality youngsters, but Wolves appear to be ahead of them in the race. Monaco chief Oleg Petrov is taking Wolves’ bid seriously as it has come from super agent Jorge Mendes, who has strong ties with both clubs, but the Premier League club’s representatives feel that they have a 50-50 chance of closing the deal as Badiashile’s position on the matter is currently unclear.